Fantasy Questions - July 17

[Dobber]

Subban or J. Johnson in a points only league??

SUBBAN for this year and onward

[DAW]

18 team keeper league.. We can only protect 21 players. Points only league, and we have nhl cap hits with a 75mill max. 12F,6D, 2G. Count overall. Dmen get a extra point for every 60 minutes of ice time. Goalies are 2W, 2SO. I'm stuck right now on who should be my 21 keepers. This is who I'm leaning towards as my keepers..

1 Backstrom (WSH)
2 Kovalchuk
3 Gagner
4 Schenn
5 Brassard
6 Brown
7 MPS
8 Kessel
9 Lecavalier
10 Vanek
11 Giroux
12 Filatov
13 Setoguchi

14 Hedman
15 Zidlicky
16 Letang
17 E. Johnson
18 Barker

19 Quick
20 Luongo
21 Bernier


These are my cuts.
22 O'Sullivan
23 Eller
24 Shirakov
25 Briere
26 Grabovski
27 Campoli

PS thank you for your advice.

[Dobber]

Dobbs

Thanks for the help.

What can we expect from Nash and Iginla this season? points?

I have Fluery and Nemi as my goalies and with not many picks in this draft I will need to land a left over lol. Counting wins gaa sv% shutouts how would you rank these guys?

C.Mason
M.Legthon
N.Backstrom
M.Nervuith
J.Bernier
T.Griess

Forgot your other question. i think at some point we have to stop predicting a huge jump for Nash. He's been getting 70 or 80 points every year and I expect high 70s again this year. Iginla is on a slow decline, but he's still good for 75

[Puck Nation]

Hey Dobber........Thanks for doing this.

What do you think the upside of Bergfors is? I really like
him for this year and for the future.

Is Backes a fair trade for him?

[Dobber]

hi Dobber!
Who would you keep in a keeper where win=2 points and ShutOut=3:
C.Price or C.Anderson?
-Anderson seems to be good for 35W next year. Will the Avs wil resign him after next year (UFA) and for how long?
-Price is the golden one, but when will he put better number than Anderson?

thanks!

What a tough question. I'm biased to Price, but if I were to advise on this I would recommend Anderson. He's a sure bet, absolutely. (but on my team, I'd be protecting Price for the upside and his situation)
bottom line - if you like risks, go Price. If you like safe, go Andy

[Dobber]

Does Kulikov make a jumpin pts this year...to say 30-35?

I believe he will, yes. 35 seems fair

[DAW]

Whats your take on some of 2010 drafties and the teams they ended up.. I thought I would ask what you felt about how much there values have changed do to the teams they are now on.
Niederreiter
Fowler
Skinner
Tarasenko
Burmistrov
Connolly
Granlund
Kabanov
Kuznetsov
Bennett
Johansen.. Why are fantasy gms passing on this guy so much compared to the other top 10 picks.

and Straka... You seemed to rank him high now. Just want to know what I'm missing on him.

[Dobber]

Hey Dobber!

I have been reading your website for the past year or so, but did not register on the message board until a week or so a ago. I love the site.

I have a couple questions:

1) Should I do and why should I this trade? Jamie McBain + Rob Schremp FOR Erik Karlsson.

2) 12- Team League, which 4 players should I keep? I eliminated to this list. I am already keeping Sidney Crosby and Nicklas Backstrom.

Dany Heatley
Bobby Ryan
Marian Hossa
Phil Kessel
Shea Weber
Tuuka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Pekka Rinne

Thanks Dobber!

Karlsson is a Top 5 defenseman to own, I feel. McBain is great, with excellent upside, but Karlson is better and more certain of acheiving greatness. Schremp-types are a dime a dozen, so he's expendable.
Heatley
Weber
Rask
Halak

[Dobber]

Hey Dobber,

Cant wait for the guide to be ready... Keep up the good work.

I have to protect 18 players from my roster so who would you drop?
-Salary cap league and we only count points and +-.

PLAYER CAP HIT
F Corey Perry $5,325,000
F Shane Doan $4,550,000
F Derck Roy $4,000,000
F Matts Lombardi $3,500,000
F Dave Bolland $3,375,000
F Derick Brassard $3,200,000
F Branden Schenn $3,140,000
F Zach Parise $3,125,000
F Nikita Filatov $2,195,833
F Jordan Eberle $1,158,333
F MPS $1,525,000
F Evgeny Grachev $933,333
F James Neal rfa
F Sam Gagner rfa
F Alexander Frolov ufa


D Shea Weber $4,500,000
D Zach Bogosian $3,375,000
D Alex Pietrangelo $3,195,833
D Alex Goligoski $1,833,333
D Del Zotto $1,087,500
D Bobby Sangs $855,000


G Jonathan Quick $1,800,000
G Tukku Rask $1,250,000

I would drop Doan, Lombardi, Frolov, B Schenn and Pietrangelo.

Drop Bolland instead of Doan and I think you have it. I think Doan is worth another $1 million over Bolland since he'll beat Bolland by at least 15 points this year.

[keeper17]

I have another quick one Dobber:

I have Ovechkin, Backstrom and Green.

I'm thrilled to have all three, but should I be worried that I have so much of my offence tied up in one team?

Should I try to move one for a big payday?

Thanks

[His Dudeness]

Hi Dobber, thanks for this. I'd like your views on Niskanen. What kind of contract you think he'll get (money and term), and what you see from him this year points wise and in the near/long term. Thanks

[ridinryan44]

Who do you play next year..... Mason or Price? Stats: W, GAA, SV%, SO

Kesler a consistent 70 point player?

[wpggrown]

Hey Dobber!

Everyone wants to know about prospects.

Let's go Old School.

Would you mind doing a best guess points prediction for these 'over 30's' that no one put trade value into in my league.

Rank them and guess their points?

Scoring in our league - Points with SHG, shootout Goals

Doan
Prospal
B.Richards
Tanguay
Iginla
Briere

extra question if you have time: Thoughts on Demers this year?
I appreciate it!

[joos]

top 4 in multi cat keeper league with farm team... dont necessarily need them playing ASAP.

E. Kuznetsov - C (WSH)
D. Kugryshev - RW (WSH)
R. Johansen - C (CLB)
J. Skinner - C (CAR)
E. Grachev - RW (NYR)
J. Schroeder - RW (VAN)
B. Gormley - D (PHX)
M. Goncharov - D (PHX)
B.Smith - D (DET)
de Haan - D (NYI)

[Dobber]

Dobber -

Don't really know much about Brian Dumoulin. Carolina took him in the 2nd round in 2009. He had something of a break out season in his Freshman year at Boston College with 22 points. He did not have any PP points at all. He was not in either the 2009 or 2010 guide. Is he on your radar? Any thoughts on an upside? Thanks.

I have him 122 on my list of d-men because he is so far away. The wait will be long, and when it's that long it affects his NHL certainty as well. He is on the radar though, as I am tracking him.